HK cops make major cocaine haul
By Min Lee |
April 28, 2010, Wednesday
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IN their largest haul ever, police in Hong Kong have seized 372 kilograms of cocaine from a suburban house that was reportedly part of a botched drug shipment sent to the southern Chinese territory by mistake.
Officers discovered the stash - with a street value of US$43.4 million - while investigating a missing person report in the suburban Fanling district on Sunday, Hong Kong police said.
The cocaine was stored in 26 boxes on the roof of the three-story village house.
The huge stash was the subject of negotiations between the missing person, suspected Dutch-Chinese dealer Chang Ma-ki, and Hong Kong dealers after it was mistakenly shipped to the territory, said Ted Tsang, of the Hong Kong police's narcotics bureau.
A police spokeswoman surnamed Tam said yesterday that it wasn't immediately clear where the drugs originated and where they were headed.
Hong Kong police said they have arrested eight people - four men and four women aged 22 to 84 - in connection to the case. Among the arrested suspects, a 52-year-old man has been charged with trafficking.
Officers discovered the stash - with a street value of US$43.4 million - while investigating a missing person report in the suburban Fanling district on Sunday, Hong Kong police said.
The cocaine was stored in 26 boxes on the roof of the three-story village house.
The huge stash was the subject of negotiations between the missing person, suspected Dutch-Chinese dealer Chang Ma-ki, and Hong Kong dealers after it was mistakenly shipped to the territory, said Ted Tsang, of the Hong Kong police's narcotics bureau.
A police spokeswoman surnamed Tam said yesterday that it wasn't immediately clear where the drugs originated and where they were headed.
Hong Kong police said they have arrested eight people - four men and four women aged 22 to 84 - in connection to the case. Among the arrested suspects, a 52-year-old man has been charged with trafficking.
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